Cousins

Kyler LOVES his cousins. Every night when I'm putting him to bed he'll ask me to hold him. So I scoop him up in my arms and as he closes his eyes he says. "I miss my cousins mom" He just can't get enough of them. He idolized Ethan, he want's to be where ever Ethan is and do what ever Ethan's doing. And he and Savannah??? We'll I still think they were twins born to two different mothers :) Anyway, we had some fun times with our cousins this summer. The zoo, and babysitting. Here are some pics of the memories.

Braves Game

I've been wanting to go to an Atlanta Braves BB game for a LONG time. Ok, for about a year :) So while my mom was here Brian surprised me with tickets! We had a great night out. It was nice to do something besides dinner which is usually all we have time for. The game was perfect, entertaining, but we also had plenty of time to just talk and laugh. It really was perfect. I love you my hubby. Thanks for the great surprise.

Us at Turners Field.

Our seats were closer then I thought, this was the sign at the top of our section, so we were 10 rows or so lower than this

View from our seats.

4th of July Fun!

This 4th of July we were determined to see a good fireworks show. While living in Utah we always spent the 4th with Brian's Aunt and Uncle and did our own firework show which was ALWAYS a blast and we missed it terribly, but we were ready to see some REAL fireworks. Last year we actually did everything we could to see the fireworks at South Jordan town days but after sitting in the back of the truck for a few hours we realized they had canceled them :) Anyway, I guess people from GA don't go to Stone Mountain on the 4th because of the insane crowds. So we had many people tell us NOT to go. But we ignored them and went anyway and had a GREAT time!

Of course no trip to Stone Mountain is complete without a ride on the train. Kyler didn't like it this time for some strange reason, hence the classic "stugs" looks.

We played mini golf this time and Kyler acted like he had waited his whole life to get that putter in his hand. HE LOVED IT! From start to finish he never got tired of it, which made it all the more fun for us.

We have been trying for some time to find Quinn a "doggie". Kyler has loved his dog and best friend Hobbes, so the search was on for one for Quinn. We found a match made in heaven, this is Quinn and his new bulldog George. We thought the bulldog was appropriate since Quinn was born in GA.

We were worried about the crowds when we got there because we had to park literally a mile walk away from the entrance to the park. But when we got to the lawn it wasn't crowded at all. We found a nice shady spot, ate our dinner, left our blanket there and proceeded to enjoy all that Stone Mountain has to offer. When we got back to our blanket though, this is what we found. People PACKED shoulder to shoulder as far as the eye could see, it was crazy. Thankfully our blanket did it's job and we had a perfect spot to watch the laser show and fireworks.

Happy Anniversary My Love!

From the moment I saw you,
I wanted to meet you.
From the moment I met you,
I wanted to know you.
From the moment I knew you,
I was in love with you.
From the moment I loved you,
I wanted to share my life with you...
And from that moment to this moment,
And for all the moments to come,
I will love you with all my heart.

Potty Training

What is the definition of being potty trained? I have learned that many people have different definitions for this term. And the book that says "potty train your child in one day" DEFINITELY has a different definition of potty trained then I do :)

If my child is potty trained they: Very rarely have accidents; know how to tell you when they need to go; and can go on outings without having to take an extra pair of under ware and pants :) This can not be taught in a day...in my opinion :)

Having that said I did learn a lot of fun things from the "potty train your child in a day" book. Kyler had a lot of fun teaching "baby" how to use the potty. And I think it did a good job of teaching him the basic concept.

We had a "beach" themed potty party and had a really fun day. We drew on the "board walk"(wrapping paper taped to the floor that made a path to the bathroom), fished for ping pong balls in the pool. Ran in and out of the streamers hanging from the bathroom door. Watched lots of potty videos and read lots of potty books. We also had a treasure hunt and made waves in a two liter bottle.

Fun things we did to make sitting on the potty lots of fun were: Silly string, stickers, tattoos, lotioned each others feet, face painted (with my eye liner), looked in a mirror, and took pictures.

It's taken Kyler about 2 weeks to be accident free. He didn't ever make it through the night so at the end of two weeks, when he was accident free during the day and at nap time, we decided to put him in pull ups. So far, it's been just fine. (and it decreased the amount of laundry I was doing by leaps and bounds) I can't say that having him potty trained is nicer then having him in diapers, but, I think the hardest part is over now, and hopefully it will just get easier. Here are some of the pictures we took in the process!

We played lots of peek a boo. I love this picture because it shows how he intertwines his fingers when he covers his face. LOVE IT!

Kyler took this pic of Baby going potty too.

Kylers self portrait

Kyler as a Kitty. The face painting and then looking in the mirror was his most favorite activity. Fun times!